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We examine the design space for object-based concurrent programming, emphasizing high-level design alternatives in the areas of process structure, internal process concurrency, synchronization, and inter-process communication. We consider the role of abstraction, distribution, and synchronization in determining the granularity of modules, and introduce the notion of“relative persistence” of operations and data for functions, objects, and transactions. Our primary goal is to present design alternatives rather than to draw strong conclusions about how concurrent object-oriented systems should be designed. This work derives from [15] and complements work on fundamental models of concurrency such as [1, 4, 12, 17].
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Wegner, P. (1992). Design issues for object-based concurrency. In: Tokoro, M., Nierstrasz, O., Wegner, P. (eds) Object-Based Concurrent Computing. ECOOP 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 612. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55613-3_13
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